I think those suckers were pretty THICK. For thicker suckers you should use the "Missouri pruning" method. > Thicker suckers should not be snapped off, since could damage the whole plant .If it's thicker than a pencil, use the "Missouri pruning" method: pinch out just the tip of the sucker, leaving one or two leaves behind for photosynthesis and to protect developing fruit from sun scald. The drawback is that suckers will develop from the stem that you leave behind, which will require additional pruning, but this technique is better when you're dealing with large suckers--if wound becomes diseased, it will be further away from the main stem, and leaving a few inches on the sucker reduces the shock to the plant. Prune suckers all summer long to keep the plant healthy. They grow quickly, so you may need to prune once or twice a week.

Gopintos, Your policy probably contains from several categories: 1. dwelling (your house) 2. other structures (like barn, etc) 3. unscheduled personal property ( your possessions) 4. loss of use ( a cost to rent your FORMER property, not current + furniture rentals, utilities, etc) For #1 Dwelling coverage usually consists of base coverage - "fair market value", plus (usually) - 50% more of extended coverage (will be paid if you actually rebuild). Good luck getting 100% of your base coverage without a public adjuster - hard to believe. With a public adjuster you'll get 1.5*X (where X is your dwelling coverage limit) minus 10% of their fee - roughly 1.35*X - much higher than 0.75*X you mentioned. For #3 Public adjuster will help you to create a list of things you overlooked and you can easily present a list of things which were in you possession like 1.5*X of total coverage - in that case (and it was in mine) you don't have to itemize anything - insurance will just pay 100% of coverage limit - again - minus public adjuster's fee of 10% and you end up with 0.9*X (where X is your unscheduled personal property coverage) and you didn't have to itemize. There are many other things public adjuster will help you as well. Just get a reputable one and listen. They are salesman, and most likely will pressure you as time sharing people do, but it will be for your good. Our experience was very positive. Without them we wouldn't be able to get even a half of our money. Regards.

My best friend's husband died suddenly the day after Thanksgiving last year. She has two young children (7 and 11). I have been coordinating support for her and can offer the following suggestions: - She was in complete shock for the first 2-3 weeks and really couldn't see or speak to anyone other than family and one or two very close friends. During this period, we had people help by dropping off some meals at the back door, phoning her mom to see if groceries were needed, and we asked for some help related to his funeral (food for the reception, etc.) - Offering to host a playdate/help with child care is a great idea. Also, in the first few weeks, lots of people provided gifts, cards and other goodies for her kids. It didn't ease their pain, but it did sometime distract them. Over the long-term, help with the children will always be welcome I would imagine. - If finances are a concern for the family, you might be able to find ways to help with things that help in small or large ways. My friend's children were enrolled in various extracurricular activities and I asked those providers if they would consider donating a free session or class to ease her financial concerns. We received many generous offers. My friend was also touched by gift cards for a massage, or a mani/pedi - things that would provide her with physical comfort. - We arranged for dog walking for the family dog. - About a month after my friend lost her husband, we started a schedule of people who were able to walk with her around noon every day - walking helps her cope so much better with her grief. - I am still organizing meals for her 3 times a week (this is 3 months after she lost her husband) - I have many people who are still happy to contribute meals and it helps my friend and her family feel loved. Supporting a family after such a tragic loss really is a long term effort and just the smallest of gestures will make a huge difference in making your daughter's friend's family feel less alone.

Okay, then there really may be reason for me to worry. I'm pretty sure the plumber didn't even go into the adjoining bathroom to turn off the valves under the sink, he just turned off the main water supply to the house when he was installing the rough-in shower valves. He spliced into the water supply lines going to the adjoining bathroom sink from within the opened wall on the opposite side of the wall board from the sink, cutting into the supply lines before they reached the shut-off valves for the sink sticking out of the dry wall on the other side. I'm not pulling your leg in any way, I'm seriously confused about why cutting into a pipe in-line and splitting it using a T would affect the volume of available water for the faucet that was originally supplied. The onloy thing I could think of as a possible reason was lots of new pipe that are now attached to those lines but are currently ful of air, not water, because their new valve has never been turned on to purge the air from the pipes. I'll look under the sink and see if the local shutoff valves were adjusted, but I'm pretty sure not since I watched the plumber walk into the water heater closet and turn off the main water supply valve for the whole house before cutting into the supply lines. Thank you for your answers, I'll point out my issue to my GC on Mon., because if it's not an air vacuum issue, there's something else wrong with the plumbing that's now behind a lot of hardibacker, awaiting tile, and I want if fixed before the tile goes up and before they have to rip into the not-being-remodeled bath on the other side of the wall to fix it. Thanks, Orchid